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Lucknow: The telecommunication system being used in the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) is one of the most advanced systems in Metro operation which is used in operational 8.5 km “Priority Corridor” between Transport Nagar and Charbagh. Lucknow Metro is using this state-of-the-art telecommunication and has planned to use the same system for the whole corridor in the upcoming underground as well as the elevated sections of the North South corridor (Phase 1-A). In this system, Gigabit Ethernet is used as backbone transmission network and nodes (stations as well as Operation Control Centre) are connected by duplicate rings of Optical Fiber and Communication system is designed in a way that failure of a single component does not affect availibility of the whole system during the operation of the Metro train. This system provides video phone facilities at all the Station Control Room and Theatre at Operation Control Centre for communication between train operator and the o...

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a joint venture of Govt. of India and Govt. of NCT of Delhi intends to appoint the following Director level position:- Name of the post: DIRECTOR (ROLLING STOCK) – 01 post Date of Vacancy: 1st January’2018 Scale of the Post: Rs.75000-100000 (IDA) and other allowances/perks/privileges applicable of the Directors of Schedule ‘A’ Central PSUs. Duration of Appointment: The appointment to this post will be on contract basis presently for a period of 5 years or the date of superannuation, whichever is earlier. Qualification: The applicant should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical or Mechanical or Electronics and Communication Engineering. Experience: Experience in Rolling Stock or Signaling and Telecommunication. Applicants having experience of dealing with International Funding Agencies and International Consultants, shall have an added advantage. All applicants should send their application as per th...

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRC), a special purpose vehicle with equal share ownership under Govt. of India and Govt. of Karnataka State looking for following positions:- Name of post: Graduate Civil Engineers Vacancies: 80 posts Educational Qualification : Engineering Graduate in Civil Discipline from Government Recognized University / Institute. Selection Process : The Recruitment process will be made strictly as per merit, on the basis of Written Examination. Short listed candidates will be called for verification of the original documents and Kannada test. The written test will be conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority and will be held on Sunday the 28th January 2018. How to Apply:  Eligible Interested candidates are required to apply online through BMRCL Website . The last date for submission of online applications is  15/12/2017  up to 6:00 PM. Click here to see on portal https://goo.gl/tqWxe8

Hyderabad: Days ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to commission two stretches of the metro rail , Larsen & Toubro has sought additional time of more than two years to complete the project by November 2019. However, Telangana government has agreed to give the engineering firm further time only till November next year to complete the project. The company, which had a deadline of July 2017 for completing the 72-km metro rail project that will criss-cross Hyderabad in three corridors, has managed to complete only two stretches of about 30 km, which are likely to become operational on November 28. Thirty eight months after it had threatened to pull out of India’s largest metro rail project citing unfavourable business environment in Telangana, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) has sought compensation for the delay in handing over land parcels as per the concession agreement. The company has sought certain concession...

Hyderabad: The  Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. (HMRL) would launch a mobile app, TSavaari, on the launch day of November 28, in which Prime Minister Neradra Modi , Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and top officials are expected to take part at Miyapur depot. The mobile app would provide a comprehensive transport solution, with information on all modes of transport for a journey whether it is a TSRTC bus, MMTS train, metro trains and later even private carriers, said senior metro rail officials, requesting anonymity. Commuters downloading the app would get an update on the nearest TSRTC bus stops and efforts have been on to provide live information on the bus frequency. Apart from ticket tokens that can be purchased at counters at all the stations, a prepaid card of ₹200 would be made available for passengers. Hyderabad Metro rail launched ‘Tsavaari app’ But the common smart card ticket for buses, metro rail and even the MMTS trains would take many months from now....

Hyderabad: The upcoming Hyderabad Metro Rail will set a benchmark amidst all other metros in the country for the consideration it has lent in setting up special facilities catering the differently-abled folks. Sri. Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (KTR), Cabinet Minister of Telangana announces that the Chief Minister of Telangana, Sri KCR has invited the PM of India, Sri Narendra Modi to formally inaugurate the Hyderabad Metro Rail project on November 28, 2017 . Sri. KTR expressed that it is a challenging endeavor to execute a project of scale like Hyderabad Metro Rail. The project started in the year 201 2 and the first stretch of Nagole-Mettuguda involving 8 km was ready by 2016 but the government wanted to ensure end-to-end connectivity, and in this regard, the metro is now ready for operations from Nagole to Miyapur. Hyderabad Metro : Beautiful interior coaches (Photo: Facebook) There are various facilities provided by Hyderabad metro for commuters, while the Secunderabad Metro Sta...

Mumbai: The inspection report submitted before the two-judge committee on Mumbai Metro 3 , which was appointed by the Bombay High Court, said 30-35% of the transplanted trees are nearly dead, and that there are still 839 trees to be transplanted. The report prepared by a junior committee consisting of two officers of the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority, pointed out that 2,439 trees should have been planted till date, but not even a few hundred trees have been planted. The petitioners have contended that the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (MMRCL) is taking proper care to prevent unnecessary hacking of trees, but the authorities are not taking enough care to transplant them as only 65-70% trees have shown sprouting of leaves. Justice Shantanu Kemkar and Justice B.R. Gavai directed the MMRCL to give a detailed plan on where they propose to plant/transplant trees. The judges also asked the petitioners to give details of other spaces where trees could be planted. The judges...

Pune: Funding for the Pune Metro Rail project is expected to be finalised by March 2018. The project is to be co-funded by European Investment Bank and  French development bank, AfD and they will together be providing €845 million for the project, Brijesh Dixit, MD, Maha Metro, said. The EIB team will visit in December-end to study the project. EIB will be putting in €600 million while AfD would be financing €245 million, Dixit said. This funding will account for around 58% of the Rs 11,420-crore cost of the 31.25-km Pune Metro project with the remaining coming in the form of equity from the Central government, Maharashtra state government and the civic bodies of Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, Dixit said. The 50:50 central and state government-owned joint venture, the Pune Metro project has the advantage of being backed by sovereign guarantee of the government of India which enables it to access funds at a lower interest rates and with better terms an...

Mumbai:  Reliance Infrastructure -run Mumbai Metro One  has launched a mobile ticketing facility called ‘Skiiip Q’ in association with digital payments player Paytm, that will help commuters book their tickets even from outside the metro stations. Instead of using tokens or smart cards, commuters can travel using the QR code generated by mobile app on automated fare collection gates of the 11.4-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar metro line. The facility is available on the Paytm App and app of technology partner Ridlr and will soon be introduced on the Mumbai Metro App. The tokens and smart cards will continue to be available at ticketing windows with the added option available. Cash Suvidha eyes Rs 100 cr loan book by Mar Fintech company Cash Suvidha is eyeing a loan book of Rs 100 crore by March, of which it targets to disburse Rs 56 crore to small and micro businesses, the company said in a statement. Cash Suvidha offers a range of financial solutions that inclu...

New Delhi: Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation (IRSDC) seeks Application for Empanelment through this Request For Empanelment “RFE” for being pre-qualified and shortlisted under three (3) different categories as set out under clause 3.2 of this RFE for providing architectural planning and engineering services for preparation of master plan and concept plan including technical feasibility report for development of railway stations of Indian Railways. IRSDC intends to invite Bids related to services for providing architectural planning and engineering services for preparation of master plan and concept plan including technical feasibility report for development of railway stations only from the successful Applicants who are shortlisted through this Empanelment process. Applicants who score 90 and above marks in Technical Score shall be placed in highest category, i.e., Category A, 80 and above but below 90 in Category B and below 80 and upto 70 in Category C. ...

Pune: The Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) has decided to interlink various railway stations, including Pune, Shivajinagar, Khadki and Kasarwadi, with metro stations as it will help commuters to switch over from one mode of transport to another on the same platform. According to officials, Maha-Metro has planned to connect metro stations directly to railway platforms. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Maha-Metro managing director Brijesh Dixit said that the company is working on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway, mainly Central Railways, for interlinking stations of both Pune Metro and railways at four points. The Pune Metro’s rail route Pimpri–Chinchwad to Swargate will connect Kasarwadi, Khadki and Shivajinagar railway stations and the Vanaz to Ramwadi metro route will connect with the Pune station. “The Shivajinagar Metro station has been planned underground. Hence, Maha-Metro will erect a subway to connect...

Mumbai: Work on constructing the first-ever tunnel in Mumbai for the fully underground Metro 3 line began at the Naya Nagar site in Mahim on Friday, with two more tunnel boring machines (TBMs) lowered to dig towards Dadar. Naya Nagar is one of the seven ‘launching shafts’ from where tunnelling operations will be conducted. The others are at Cuffe Parade, Azad Maidan, Worli, Kalina, Sahar Road and Marol Naka. Azad Maidan is the next site where tunnelling work will start, said Ashwini Bhide, Managing Director, Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC). “This phase of tunnelling will be completed by 2019,” said Ms. Bhide. In all, 17 TBMs will be deployed to construct the two 33.5-km long tunnels. Five TBMs have arrived in the city, one of which is still at the Mumbai port. Of the rest, three have been lowered into the launching shaft and one has started tunnelling. “By November-end, all five machines will be operational,” Ms. Bhide said. The first boring mach...

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) today started the work of track laying in the underground Metro section between Sachivalaya & Hazratganj. The track laying commenced after performing ceremonial ‘puja’ at the Sachivalaya underground Metro station site by Shri Kumar Keshav, Managing Director, Lucknow Metro. Pooja ceremony by LMRC Chief Kumar Keshav before begining the work The first track will be laid from Sachivalaya to Hazratganj inside the tunnel. LMRC is using the Mass Spring System (an Elastomer pad of 25mm thickness) below the track bed for construction of track. Mass Spring System, procured from Austria, eliminates the problem of vibration and sound in adjoining structures of the underground portion. For the construction of track, first of all Elastomer Mass Spring System sheet is laid, then reinforcement mesh is laid over this and then it is filled with concrete up to the rail bottom. Rails are wielded continuously to avoid any joint in the rails...

New Delhi: Like previous years, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will start selling India International Trade Fair (IITF) entry tickets for business as well as general public from 14th November 2017 to 27th November 2017. The IITF entry tickets for general public days (18th Nov to 27th Nov 2017) will be available at all the Metro stations including Airport Express Line except Pragati Maidan. According to press release issued by DMRC, trade fair tickets for Business Days (14th Nov to 17th Nov 2017) will be available only from 42 Metro stations. List of stations where trade fair tickets will be available for sale for business days only   Click here to see on portal https://goo.gl/6VdPg9

Chennai: Though the second phase of the city metro rail project is still awaiting Centre’s approval, Chennai Metro Rail has begun field surveys and has initiated talks with the revenue officials in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur district to acquire lands for building the metro lines. The 108.4 km phase-2 project will connect several parts of the city suburban areas including Madhavaram and the IT corridor along Old Mahabalipuram Road . The Rs 44,000 crore project will have three corridors running across the length and breadth of the city connected by 104 stations. Survey along the corridors to map land and buildings on the alignment route have begun, a metro rail official said. Land that may be temporarily required for construction of lines are also being considered. “This will make it easy when the notices are issued to the land and building owners for acquisition,” the official said. The  Rs 44,000 crore phase-2 project will have three corridors running a...

Gurgaon: The  Haryana Mass Rapid Transport Corporation (HMRTC) has been asked to prepare a feasibility report on a proposed Metro route between Sector 45 in Gurgaon and Bata Chowk in Faridabad via Gwalpahari. The instruction was passed on during a high-level meeting chaired by chief secretary DS Dhesi in Chandigarh on Tuesday, in keeping with chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s announcement earlier. During the meeting, another proposed route to connect Rapid Metro’s Section 55-56 station with Dwarka Expressway via SPR also came up for talks. Talking about the proposed Gurgaon-Faridabad route, officials, privy to the minutes of the meeting, said the proposed route would start at Sector 45 in Gurgaon, run along Gurgaon-Faridabad road via Gwalpahari and culminate at Bata Chowk in Faridabad. “Initially, we had thought of connecting the two cities via Tughlakabad . Accordingly, last June, we had asked the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to conduc...

Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao on Monday informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to launch the Hyderabad Metro Rail on November 28. The final confirmation is awaited from the Prime Minister’s Office . However, with the Prime Minister’s confirmed visit to the city on November 28 for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, the Metro Rail could also be inaugurated on the same day. Previously, KTR said that feeder services connecting residential colonies to the Metro Rail stations will include both electric vehicles and conventional buses that will be operated to cover a distance of three to four kilometres from the stations. The Minister at the valedictory session of the 10th Urban Mobility Conference in Hyderabad stated that bicycles also will be available at the stations to promote cycling and encourage eco-friendly transportation mode. Click here to see on portal https://goo.gl/eZoN4i

Bangalore: The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) is expected to finalise a 300-million loan (Rs 2,275 crore) from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in the next two days. The loan will have a 15-year tenure and comes with a 2.2% rate of interest. The Beijing-headquartered bank is owned by several Asian countries and India is its second largest stakeholder. The BMRCL’s response follows AIIB’s offer of loan to fund Phase II of the Namma Metro project on reasonable terms. The AIIB team has already had four rounds of discussions with BMRCL officials in Bengaluru. A BMRCL delegation led by managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola is in Beijing to close the deal. The final round of negotiations is scheduled for Nov 8-9.Once the terms are finalised, the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) of the Union government is expected to sign the finance contract in about two months paving way for the flow of funds. The Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank (EIB), wh...

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has appointed Mr. Daljeet Singh as Director (Works). The post was lying vacant after resignation of former Director Mr. Jitender Tyagi who took charge of Uttarakhand Metro Rail Corporation (UMRC). Mr. Daljeet Singh, Director (Works), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Mr. Singh is a civil engineer who did his B.Tech from I.I.T. (BHU) Varanasi and M.Tech. from I.I.T. Kanpur . He joined CPWD in 1988 through Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam and was posted in various wings of CPWD. He also worked with DMRC from 1998 to 2014 and held various roles and position. In DMRC, he was involved in the construction of first Delhi Underground Metro Corridor from Central Secretariat to Vishwavidyalaya (11 Km) of Phase-I during 1998-2004.  He was also involved in the construction of I.T. Park buildings as a part of DMRC Property Development and ‘Metro Bhawan’, the Headquarter building of DMRC.  He was involved in the design and cons...

Mumbai: A monorail train caught fire at Mysore Colony station in Chembur on Thursday morning. Services have been stopped immediately after the incident took place, and are likely to resume only in the afternoon. Sources said that the fire broke out at 5.20 am and was brought under control in around 40 minutes. Three fire brigade vehicles were rushed to the spot to put it out. As it was early morning, there was no rush at the station when the fire broke out. No commuters were injured. On condition of anonymity a fire brigade official said, “Prima facie, it looks like the fire was caused by a short circuit.” Currently, the Mumbai has one monorail line which runs along a 9 km route, covering seven stations, from Chembur to Wadala. The trains run from 5am to midnight daily. Click here to see on portal https://goo.gl/ghbqmT

The METRO-Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmadabad (MEGA) has awarded Hyundai Rotem a US 159 m contract to supply 96 metro cars for Ahmadabad Metro Line 1. The metro cars will be assembled at Hyundai Rotem’s plant in Changwon, Korea. Delivery of the ordered cars excepted between April 2019 and July 2020. The first phase of the metro network in Gujarat’s largest city comprises the 20.7km Line 1 from Vastral Gaam in the east to Thaltej Gaam in the west , and the 18.5km north-south Line 2 from Motera to APMC. Construction began in 2015 and Phase 1 is due to be completed by 2023. Click here to see on portal https://goo.gl/vaBKEt

As one of the pillars of economic development for any country, the transportation network is critical to the national infrastructure. With Indian transportation industry growing at a CAGR of 15 percent and a budget outlay of almost Rs. 4 trillion in the next fiscal in creating and upgrading transportation infrastructure, India’s transportation sector is undergoing a boom. However, it has frequently been a source of greenhouse gas emissions and a major cause of concern for the government as they are trying to reduce the carbon footprint to address environmental issues and decrease their dependence on oil as a source of fuel. India is still following BS IV as against EURO 6 implemented in European countries, which is equivalent to BS VI. The Second Auto Fuel Vision and Policy 2025 notified by Government of India in May 2014 lays the map for fuel emission norms up to 2025. In order to adopt the latest emission standards, Government of India has decided to completely skip BS V norms a...

Mumbai: After holding protests and meetings with officials, residents from western suburbs have been preparing to move court against the elevated metro corridor 2B between DN Nagar and Mankhurd . The residents’ petition comes after a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed last week by a socio-political activist and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member from Bandra. According to the committee of activists and experts, who are demanding that the metro 2B line be made underground in Juhu and Bandra (West), citizen groups will be filing two PILs and individual writ petitions by next week. Anandini Thakoor, trustee of H/W Federation, told media that funds needed for the legal recourse are being collected through funding. Residents of SV Road had also sent letters of appeal to PM Narendra Modi after carrying out a massive signature campaign that has gained at least thousands of supporters. Gautam Rao, chairman of Gazdar Scheme Residents’ Trust, said, “Schools, housing soc...

Kochi: In what can be seen as a thumbs up from the city’s residents, daily ridership on the Kochi Metro has doubled to 30,000 since the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) threw open in early October a 5-km stretch that extends the network to the heart of the city. Of the 25.6-km Phase 1 project, the first 13-km stretch was made operational in June this year . To be sure, the Kochi Metro, which boasts a number of firsts, and was built at a cost of just over Rs 5,000 crore, is still finding its feet. It does not expect to achieve its target of 300,000 daily commuters for at least five-six years, until its Phase II (11.2-km) becomes operational and a host of initiatives are implemented. Until such time, however, the KMRL is banking on innovative channels to boost revenue. First, on a recommendation from Ernst & Young, KMRL decided against spending on the automatic fare collection system, instead inviting bids from banks in exchange for the right to issue a co-branded card to commuters....

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today erected the last girder of the Noida – Greater Noida Corridor in the presence of Dr. Mangu Singh, MD/ DMRC, Shri Alok Tandon, MD / NMRC and CEO Noida Authority and other senior DMRC and NMRC officials. With the erection of this Girder, the viaduct of this approx. 30 km long corridor has been completed. The Civil Work on this corridor began in May 2015 and the first girder was launched in December 2015 and within a span of 22 months DMRC has erected a total of 2830 Girders (2035 U- Girders and 795 I – Girders). This last U- girder was launched today between Sector 143 and Sector 144 stations of the corridor. DMRC had successfully executed the task of erecting 200 U-Girders on the Noida – Greater Noida corridor in the month of May 2016. . This is the maximum number of U-girders ever launched in any Metro corridor in India within a month . DMRC used six special trailers to transport the girders and six special cran...

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) completed construction of long waited Mundka – Bahadurgarh corridor. The trial runs on metro train in this stretch is set to begin in December. After commissioning of the 11-km-long corridor from West Delhi will make Ballabgarh the third Haryana township in the metros fold, after Gurgaon and Faridabad. The corridor, which is an extension of the Inderlok- Mundka Green Line (Line 5), is scheduled to be commissioned in June 2018. According to the sources, the stretch will be covered in hardly 45 minutes. However, it may be delayed if the Haryana Urban Development Authority fails to provide land to the DMRC for laying tracks till a new depot which is coming up at Ballabgarh. Regardless of that, trial runs on the Haryana portion of the corridor will begin in December. Trials on the rest of the section from Mundka is expected in January. The corridor, being constructed as part of the DMRC’s Phase III project, will have a total of...

Metro fares have been doubled in just four months, forcing me to give up my favourite mode of transport and take to crowded DTC buses. Besides putting the new fares beyond my budget, I have also been stripped of the safety of travelling in the metro. And I am not the only one. Somrita Ghosh, IANS Correspondent and Author My biggest shock came two days after the latest metro fare hike . I commute daily between Green Park in south Delhi and Noida Sector 16 where I work. As I punched my smart card while leaving the Sector 16 station, my heart skipped a beat – Rs 37 had been deducted from my card. By the time I reached my office, the mental calculation was already done. I realised every month I would have to spend double of what I was shelling out only five months ago if I wanted to use the Delhi Metro . When the year began, I was spending Rs 18 on my metro ride – one way. The metro then hiked the fares and my one-way cost shot up to Rs 27. The latest hike had taken it...

Kolkata: In another year, travelling on the Kolkata Metro network in the hot summer months will become a thing of the past – the city will get 14 trains with at least 112 advanced air-conditioned coaches from China, a senior railway official said. These made-in-China coaches imported at a cost of  Rs.  7.1 crore per coach will arrive by February 2018, the official told news agency PTI. Kolkata Metro is hoping that it will soon be able to replace non-AC coaches with the new ones, at least in the existing north-south corridor. The imported coaches will be fitted with high cooling capacity 30-tonne air-conditioners instead of the 22-tonne machines installed in some of the old coaches in the metro network. They will also come with eight intercom devices which commuters can use to contact the metro driver in case of emergency. “These will be state-of-the-art AC coaches with comfortable seating and much like the metro trains run by the DMRC in Delhi. They will also have ...

Bangalore: Four construction firms have thrown their hats in for the pre-qualification bids to build the metro’s 13.8-km underground section between Dairy Circle and Nagawara. This is the most expensive portion of work in Phase II, whose total network will be 72.09 km. Estimated to cost Rs 11,014 crore, work on Reach 6 has been broken up into five packages (including one elevated section between Gottigere and Swagath Road Cross). Bids for the underground section were floated in June this year. When the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) opened bids last week, the management was taken by surprise by the poor response from construction companies. Although 16 firms bought the tender documents online, only four submitted applications. The four firms – ITD Cementation India , AFCONS Infrastructure , L&T Constructions and Turkey-based Gulermak -are all engaged in metro projects in different cities in the country. While L&T has participated only in two undergro...

Lucknow: The Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) has won the renowned Dun & Bradstreet Infra Award, 2017 in the Metro Rail category for completing the 8.5 km “Priority Corridor” of the North –South Corridor (Phase 1A) and commissioning the project in a record time of less than three year. This award was received yesterday by Smt. Pushpa Bellani, Company Secretary, Lucknow Metro at a function organised by Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Pvt. Ltd. at Mumbai (Maharashtra) in the presence of Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport Highways & Shipping and Water Resource, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India who was the ‘Chief Guest’ for the function. This event was attended by dignitaries & industry veterans from key infrastructure sectors such as construction, ports, power, oil & gas, telecommunications etc. It was also attended by different stakeholders, policymakers, financial institut...

New Delhi: Finally Faridabad Police lodged an FIR (First Information Report) on today against two senior metro officers against a complaint of negligence in case of death of a metro employee due to electrocution . The FIR is lodged against General Manager (Electrical) Vivek Agarwal and Addl. General Manager (Electrical) Pankaj Gupta under Section 304 A (causing death due to negligence) and Section 30 (loss of valuable asset) of the Indian Penal Code was registered at Surajkund police station. Anish Choudhary, 24-year-old  Delhi Metro employee was electrocuted at a RSS (Receiving Sub-Station) in Faridabad  while carrying out some repair work on 25KV insulators. The accident occurred when someone switched on the equipment without warning. Anish Chaudhary suffered severe burn injuries and died in hospital. The incident took place on intervening night of 29/30th October 2017 when Chaudhary , stationed as an on job trainee (OJT) at a sub-station near Neelam...

Chennai: The Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) on Tuesday finished its tunnelling work to connect North Chennai with the rest of the city through metro train services. Engineers of Afcons Infrastructure achieved breakthrough by completing boring work for the second of the two tunnels. A tunnel boring machine drilled through the fibre reinforced concrete wall and entered Korukkupet underground metro station. Chennai Metro Rail The 9km phase-1 extension project from Washermenpet to Wimco Nagar, estimated to cost Rs 3,770 crore, is expected to be ready by 2019. A CMRL official said the tunnel was completed three months ahead of the deadline . The tunnels built in North Chennai will connect a two kilometer stretch with three underground stations- Washermenpet, Theagaraya College and Korukkupet. From Korukkupet, a ramp will be built to connect the rest of the line up to Wimco Nagar which will be an elevated corridor. Construction for the underground line was launched in ...

New Delhi: The Kochi Metro Rail Project has been selected for the “Best Urban Mobility Awards” by a jury headed by former union urban development Secretary M. Ramachandran. The award will be given by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in a event being organised by Institute of Urban Transport (India) on November 4-6, 2017 in Hyderabad, India. The jury held view that the Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL) is implementing an excellent urban public transport model consisting rail, road and water transport projects in Kerala. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri will present the award to all selected metro projects in various category during the 10th Urban Mobility India International conference being hosted by the Union Urban Development Ministry every year. First run of Kochi Metro Rail started for public from June 17, 2017 and on 3rd October its added it extension line for public services. Click here to see on portal https://goo.gl/jRHEGd

New Delhi: A Delhi Metro employee identified as Aneesh Kumar who was severally injured due to 25KV electrocution on intervening night of October 29-30, 2017 during performing his duty at DMRC’s Fariadabad Receiving Sub-Station (RSS) declared died today. He was admitted in Safdarjang Hospital on 30th October morning and after 3 days of treatment Safadarjang Hospital has referred him to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital as they found no improvement and recovery signs. The Sir Ganga Ram Hospital declared him died today. Delhi Metro employees called for agitation against metro management in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital premises. While addressing the issue before the Delhi Metro management, the Staff Council Secretary Anil Mahato highlighted the accident in details as under- – The accused Anish Kumar was working in Electrical department and he was electrocuted on 29 and 30 October 2017 intervening night. No action was taken by the Delhi Metro management on the officers who made employee to work ...